Brazilian GP, 1978

The Brazilians switched the Grand Prix to the Jacarepagua circuit outside Rio de Janeiro, a place more fitting to the glamorous F1 image than Interlagos. The field was the same as it had been in Argentina with addition of the just-finished Arrows FA1, which appeared in Varig colors.

In the race Reutemann went into the lead at the start and was never headed, winning his first race for Ferrari and the first F1 victory for Michelin. He was chased in the early laps by Hunt but the Englishman dropped back when he had to pit for harder tires. That promoted Andretti to second place and he remained there until lap 57 when his Lotus jammed in fourth gear. This dropped him to fourth place at the finish behind an impressive Fittipaldi and Lauda. Fifth place went to Clay Regazzoni (Shadow) with the final point going to Tyrrell's Didier Pironi in only his second Grand Prix.